The Hiwassee River is a 147 mi (237 km) river [3] in the states of Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee. It originates from a spring on the north slope of Rocky Mountain in Towns County …

The North Carolina portion of the Hiwassee River basin is 644 square miles and is located in the southwestern corner of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Province of the Appalachian Mountains. …

The Hiwassee River Basin is one of six basins in North Carolina that drain the western slope of the Eastern Continental Divide and flow into the Mississippi River System emptying into the …

Lying in the westernmost part of North Carolina, the Hiwassee River Basin is the land of the Cherokee. The Hiwassee’s name comes from the Cherokee word “Ayuhwasi,” which refers to …

Hiwassee River, river rising in the Blue Ridge Mountains, Towns county, northern Georgia, U.S. It flows north into North Carolina past Hayesville, northwest past Murphy, into southeastern …

The Hiwassee River Basin is located in the remote southwestern corner of North Carolina. This mountainous basin covers approximately 640 mi 2 in Cherokee and Clay counties. The largest …

The Hiwassee River Basin contains one of the longest rivers in the southern Blue Ridge - Smoky Mountain Province. The river begins its headwaters along the northern slopes of Rocky …

North Carolina’s portion of the Hiwassee River basin is located entirely within the Blue Ridge physiographic province. The basin is home to a wide diversity of plants and animals with over …

The Hiwassee River basin contains 72 plant and animal species that are endangered, threatened, of special concern, or considered significantly rare by the NC Natural Heritage Program. …

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